In which of the following material media will sound travel fastest?

a

oil

b

metal

c

gas

d

water

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kushylyon
9 years ago

metal is the correct answer....sound waves travels fast in a increasing order of all states if matter, I.e: it's slower in gaseous state, but faster at liquid, and solid state is the fastest

Son1
2 years ago

B is correct

Abdullahi113
1 year ago

Yes absolutely correct because sound travel faster in solid than liquid, in liquid than gas

Sotonwa Success
9 years ago

The selected answer is wrong:

sound requires a material medium for its transmission and the answer which was chosen is not correct because metal is not a material medium and sound cannot travel fast in metal

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